Any oldfags worried about kids and their gaming habits nowadays? I know the older generation has always been worried about the younger but I think there's going to be a tipping point with just how fucked the next generation is going to be, even at our most anti social we still had to leave the house to play split screen, these kids nowadays just stay in almost 24/7 with little to no real social interaction, we are going to see the weekest manchildren the world has ever seen in the coming few decades.
>>331636941
>force your kid to play outside
>get them taken away for child endangerment/neglect
This gen and the babies for the next gen are turning I to tumors already. We have more vocal faggots from tumblr, more game addicts, more sjw, femenatzis are more vocal, ect. The teens of today have gone pass cancer
If the parents were as worried as they claimed they are theyd just limit or completely disallow tech access. But nope, its too easy and convenient for them to just let the internet raise their children. You know why? Because they had shit parents who had shit parents who had shit parents. Its a never ending cycle in some families. So if you allowing you kid to spend all day on their tech, thats cool, just dont bitch to me about it.
>>331636941
Enjoy the decline.
>>331636941
I love how everyone conveniently forgets they said the same shit about us when we were kids
We shouldn't allow kids on the internet. They shit up this place we carved for ourselves. Youtube and twitch have shown how far the internet has fallen because of 12 year olds.
The rise of streamers like Pewdiepie and Markiplier may lead to a large demographic of people who watch video games but do not play them.
>>331637174
Yeah but this one is out of control
Fucking lol at niggers who say "kids these days blah blah blah" as if every generation since the dawn of time hasn't been saying that shit
>>331636941
I'm more worried about the general populace fiddling with their phones 24/7.
>>331636941
Yes, I am.
My 7 yo daughter play too much and almost hasn't friends.
But I played 14 hours tetris once and I almost didn't sleep. I closed my eyes and I saw the pieces falling.
>>331636941
Get your kid enrolled in sports teams early on. Do outside activities with them a lot while they're too young too play video games. They will eventually fall for them, but if you make a good effort to get them involved in sports, they can still have other hobbies too.
>>331636941
Ya that's pretty much me.
>go outside
>everything annoying as fuck, boring as fuck
>stay indoors and vidya/internet/read
>eternal bliss
Being a neet is the only happy life for me.
>>331637227
Again, everyone conveniently forgets they said THE SAME SHIT about us
"Yeah but this ones different" is what they said then too
>>331637174
But look at you. You're on 4chan.
I'm more worried that kids are into mobile shit and shovelware than true portable gaming.
kid tried to tell he was addicted to video games
also this >>331637235
>>331636941
I'm afraid Demolition Man was correct. The future will be full of weak sissies and not even sex will be done physically anymore. You better put me back in the fridge if I somehow make it that long.
>>331637227
>This level of delusional narcissism
NO MY GENERATION IS THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT ABOUT THE DECLINE OF SOCIETY
>>331637236
You should've studied English instead of playing Tetris.
>>331636941
its ok anon. we will have a civil war soon enough and most of them will be culled. all the weakest for sure.
>>331636941
No
I don't give a shit about these people anymore
>>331637306
Yeah because i had shitty parents
If parents just stepped up to the plate instead of going on morning shows about how tech is ruining their kids then shit would actually change
>>331637332
No, my generation is. I should know because I'm in it and every other generation is shit.
>>331637306
>implying bathroom stalls with NIGGERTITS scrawled on the walls wasn't reality's forerunner to 4chan
>>331637227
What exactly is out of control? Articulate it for me.
>>331637174
That's why I said there's a tipping point, the culture of protecting kids to the extreme is getting worse with every generation, starting from the late 80's onwards, when the kids are eventually hooked on virtual reality and playing outside becomes a novelty are you just going to use the same argument?
>not growing up doing competitive sports and climbing trees
>not planning to put your kids into competitive sports and trees
>>331637415
Cool bro, so what can you do about it?
What did they say when tv was released?
Did things really get worse? Of course.
But was it as bad as people said it would be? Nope.
Stop trying to predict the future. Just let it happen.
>>331636941
Plus the games themselves make them weak, because you can only play once every 20 minutes, because you get free lives by waiting, so they get what they can get, and they're fed little lives by little lives, and then they'll become adults and they will live off welfare, little bills by little bills.
>>331637495
Hopefully if I complain enough about other generations they will adopt my standards.
>>331636941
I'm not worried, I just think the little pricks are shit-eating retards that pay $60 plus $120 of DLC for movies that run at 30 frames per second.
Are we really having this discussion right now? Who gives a shit if our children don't socialize? It'll probably keep em out of trouble anyways
>>331636941
>playing split screen with your one equally autistic friend
vs.
>playing online games with myriad of people from all over the world
Yeah, real decline
>>331637174
And they were right for the most part.
I was raised by the internet - but the internet was smarter, I had to learn technology to make use of it, which gives me my job today, it was all up to luck for me to make friends and to share a hobby with them, which today is done easily in one of the many hugboxes on the internet.
These kids will gain no skills bar maybe drawing furry porn, and have no friends because they considered some streamers or some reddit sub their friends.
>>331637471
The world changes gramdpaw, if that's the social norm then no one will give any fucks that you prefer outside play to inside play
Late 80's early 90s games: Required skill, have complex puzzles, co-op took place in the same room.
Modern kids games: freeware on cellphones aka tap screen to hear pleasing noises and see fireworks!
>>331637497
I predict my dick in you're mum, fuckwit
>>331637037
Not everyone lives in america
>>331636941
>Implying we didn't stay inside 24/7
Face it, lots of us did that shit, at least if we started gaming when we were young.
Now why must children play outside? What's the difference? Are you concerned about their physical health? If so, just try to get them to try different sports, preferably martial arts as it helps teach discipline on top of helping your kids get more fit, but always go for what your kids enjoy the most since the chance is a lot bigger that they'll keep doing it and have energy for other things such as homework and studies.
Doing boring shit just drains you and will make you perform worse when you have to do more boring shit ontop of that.
Raise your hand if you were using desktop computers since before you can remember.
>>331637556
It is.
You have an autistic friend in the first one.
You have a myriad of autistic fuckheads telling you to fuck yourself you loser fucking cunt.
>>331637543
Well if history has shown us anything that is sure to work
>>331636941
Well, you shouldn't be worried about your kids, since you'll have none.
But the next generation of sheep is up-and-coming. They were babysat with tablets to keep them quiet and mommy's credit card number saved to the app store. They were taught compliance and instant gratification.
>>331637072
In my day, Teenagers were edgy, so they supported Hitler and discrimination
My little brother is 7 y/o and I'm pretty sure that he's fucked beyond repair now.
All he does is play Geometry Dash on his phone, watch letsplayers on a 50 inch TV and eat toast. Even though he's seven he speaks like a 4 y/o, even speaks like a one. He has no friends in school because the only thing he talks about is Mario and Sonic. When I tell my mother to stop feeding him toast she just hisses at me and tells me he wouldn't eat anything else anyways.
When he was born, I really wanted him to have a normal like unlike me but I guess it ain't happening.
>>331637471
Im not going to play this fucking game of how "our generation is the best the new one is fucked blah blah" bullshit. You and I are both above this game my friend. What really needs to change is this trend of parents just dropping all responsibility and letting their kids play video games 14 hours a day 7 days a week. Of course kids are gonna want to do this shit, we would have done it if we had that tech then, its up to the parents to steer them in the proper direction. If you do nothing then nothing will happen.
>>331637567
>let society destroy itself
lol 50% of the population is hooked on crack, it's just progress gramdpaw get with the times.
Fuck you.
>>331636941
No, see what you do is you don't pay for cable and actually spend time with them. Actually raise them instead of letting the tv or internet do it for you.
>>331637643
I support hitler because i believe in animal rights and am against smoking. Does that make me edgy?
>>331637564
No they weren't. They're not right, you're not right. Kill yourself .
>>331637227
Same thing our parents/grandparents said about us
>>331637647
>she just hisses at me
Yeah, the internet is the problem here.
>>331637404
>Yeah because i had shitty parents
I guess you aren't responsible for your own decisions.
>>331637652
I'm not playing that game, just concerned, yes parenting standards have to change but it seems many people think that's impossible and we just have to let the decline continue for some reason.
>>331637436
Are you trying to defend the new cancer? Have you seen how much shit has become more vocal from tumeristas and sjw? Have you seen how the young is learning the "tumblr speech" and spewing their nonsense? How there more glued to tech as what they do we you take it awa from them? Do you even news?
>>331637174
>I love how everyone conveniently forgets they said the same shit about us
Yeah no.
Sure I played video games at 6yo with my older brother but this gen is surrounded by tech, not just consoles and vidya.
We'll end up with generations of social autists like me in the near future.
>>331637663
>society destroy itself
>being this retarded
nothing is declining. Everything is fine. You're an insecure (probably conservative) retard who projects their own failings onto society.
Fuck you
>>331637792
So you're saying a childs environment does not at all influence how he grows up? Yet you bitch that tablets will ruin them when theyre older? Which is it gonna be senpai?
>>331637821
Won't somebody pleeeaassssse think of the children!?
>>331636941
>it's a "my values are superior because I grew up with them" thread
Just admit you're jealous that you didn't get to grow up with handheld computers and remote gaming on a global scale.
>>331637823
You don't live in europe do you? declining birth rate, most kids growing up to be weak sjw's, risng tide of muslims, yeah im sure everything will be fine and dandy in 50 years.
>>331637823
Pretty sure these people are hoping we are right so them being utter failures will not seem out of place in the future
>>331636941
It's a lot worse because, also, unlike the 80s and 90s hacker kids who had to develop some technical savvy and community to overcome the obstacles to having "screens as a hobby", these idiot boxes offer no intellectual challenge or reward whatsoever.
Computers have become worse than TV and in your pocket. Even "garbage" television used to have some semblance of a plot and skilled individuals and ego-driven executives crafting the content. These Let's Players are literally screaming idiots talking over cynically crafted Skinner Boxes.
Culture is dead. Society is dead. All everyone does is stare at screens. Personal computers were a mistake.
>>331637037
>>331637585
yep
translation: "Come on, unplug from your virtual world, go take a walk! "
>>331637880
Wrong context for that post buddy.
>>331637647
>You are fucked, you as his elder bother, are his guide role, you kinda fucked him too.
This is what my mother tell me all the time.
>>331637823
It's not exactly a conspiracy theory that society destroys itself. It will take a while from now but it's inevitable
>>331637892
>it's the current generation defense brigade
Christ you can't make any kind of criticism of a generation because you're automatically and over the hill, in my day fag.
>>331637370
Ha no. Trump will lose and all the conserves will crawl to their computer and whine and bitch online and democrats will continue things on as they've been.
>>331636941
>“So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
I always felt very bad when my parents yelled at me for playing too many video games instead of doing my homework.
My father would become a tower of rage about my videogaming.
>>331637937
Even I wouldnt dare to play on that rusty shit anon, damn russian had it hard
The way i see it is for the first time in human history we can just choose to reject our random, often unforgiving reality altogether and live in our own little worlds of our choosing
I see why this attracts so many humans
>>331638006
He was an asshole anyway.
But yes, the current gen is growing with social network, hugboxes and all that kind of shit.
>progress
>everything will work out
>every previous generation didn't like change
>we turned out fine
The worst part is knowing we inherted a fucked world and then fucked it up even more for the next generation
They won't play shit games if you don't buy shit games
>>331637983
Society evolves. Huge difference.
>>331638053
bigger cities have it better of course. but most rural cities look like that pic during winter.
also depends on weather if it's not winter
>>331637892
>born in the nerd golden age generation where whitebread D&D geeks and computer hacker spergnerds were hot shit for a brief period and drove the culture
Nah, I'm glad I grew up when I did. Now everything's kill whitey again.
>>331638113
The only thing that went fine is that newer generation committed less crime, did less drug and all that stuff than the previous ones, especially boomers.
The problem isnt technology.
The problem is our society turning into a hugbox where people never have to face anything negative forcing them to adapt and grow to overcome it.
>>331638073
Hugboxes are nothing new. Back then a safe space was putting a big fence around your house and locking the doors and refusing to face people you don't like. Now that we are connected all the time safe spaces are what they are now.
>>331637990
Because criticising an entire generation of people as though they are one entity is a bafflingly stupid thing to do in the first place
>>331638160
As we all know planet earth has infite resources, we will be fine!
>>331638137
Nuke everything, let the survivors entretain themselves trying to fix the world.
>>331638113
>>we turned out fine
did we?
I wonder.
If this is how the new generation of kids are going to act, behave and interact with each other its counter productive to stop it and try to force them into what are technically 'old' and outdated ways just because you personally think it's better, even if it unequivocal is, kids are entering a cold and even more competitive world, unless you're going to go full nelson and raise them outside of city, feed them correctly with good quality food, bring them up and instil them with discipline, ethics and morals, then don't bother. If you're a middle class parent who's just trying their best don't even bother, unless you're going to do it properly and not half ass it then just allow your child to adapt to the new world, it's going to be better for him/her.
>>331638226
Hemp is the solution.
>>331638160
... Anon said, while Kim Jong-un launched a nuke on his city and Trump reacted with a global nuclear holocaust
>>331638214
Are you scared you might catch feelings, anon?
>>331638315
No im scared that this culture will take them away from me and other people
>>331638065
>reject our random, often unforgiving reality altogether
That concept already existed way before modern technology. If it didn't Don Quixote wouldn't exist.
>>331637820
Consider the social cohorts the kids you're talking about are born into. Think about the values their parents would have instilled with or without with iPad.
Do you think it's possible that there's more factors leading up to this problem than the technology itself?
>>331638213
Less crime, but more violent
Whe changed chemical addicton for psychological addiction.
>>331637990
Present your argument as an extreme and that's what you can expect in return.
Our generation wasn't the best, the new generation isn't the worst. Everything is shades of gray, but when you're hardwired into a certain mindset over the course of decades anything that opposes it is going to come off as negative. I'd honestly like to believe that a good amount of criticism like this doesn't really come from belief in the downfall of civilization or anything that grandiose, but more from an honest desire for the new generation to understand that the current social paradigm wasn't always the norm and gain some perspective from experiencing what we had.
Most vidya, even the ones for children, are 100 times better than dumb, traditional sports.
I grew up in the end of the "pre-internet" era and can still remember how boring alley sports are compared to vidya. Don't let nostalgia fool you.
Kids today play tons of minecraft instead of, say, Lego because Lego is objectively worse. No kid would prefer a few real bricks over an endless amount of digital ones.
Being over 30 and having fucked around with computers since 12 or so, my opinion is that computers are a vice, but the least harmful vice. Better than marijuana and much better than booze.
Kids probably shouldn't use them or should have very limited access.
>>331638221
No where did I say every single person of a generation is the same, just that too high a proportion are having unhealthy childhoods, fuck do you have to pamper posts with "not all" so someone doesn't get the wrong idea?
>>331638214
Society always did that. Shut ins and loners refusing to go outside and building walls around them only letting others they like in go back ages.
>>331638214
If you actually read John Glubb's "Fate of Empires" and "Search for Survival", you would know that similar things have already happened in the past. And they usually happened when an empire was already declining.
>>331638191
Nostalgic as fuck, not even russian but such is life in ex-russian occupied 3rd worldIt wasnt bad
>>331638226
>implying this is a discussion about resources and not about interpersonal culture within our society
Nice try strawman
>>331636941
I dont know what you taling about, i havent left my house since october and im fine.
>>331638394
>No kid
lego would disagree.
they make money out the ass wit those bricks. kids love legos
>>331637564
>and have no friends because they considered some streamers or some reddit sub their friends.
That's what frightens me the most.
They don't make friends because the internet is too easy and entertaining.
>>331638361
For sure dude but i think that our current tech facilitates this so easily, and it will get even more facilitating as tech develops.
>>331638394
Jesus, I remember having to sit and watch 2 or 3 football games in a day cause family was all about if a sports game is on we watch it and there wasn't anything else for me to do.
>>331638247
Lowest crime rate
Least likely to be murdered by another human
Least likely to be murdered by nature
Most intelligent generation thus far
Longest life expectancy
I'd say they're doin pretty well
>>331638479
Lego makes their money on selling fucking movie-tie in lego kits
I grew up with a big box of random fucking lego pieces with no theme or sense whatsoever
It was also passed down through like 7 kids before meI just built guns out of lego all the time
>>331638418
Yeah but now its becoming mainstream policy and not just for the neets and loners
>>331638314
You seem like a very fearful individual
>mother takes gameboy away for bad grades
>get upset get better grades
Today
>mother takes phone/laptop/ps3'4/xbone/3ds
>child throws a tantrum, threatens to kill you or posions your smoothy with bleach
Yeah. This gen is like the last
>>331638554
>Source: my ass
>>331637556
Were you the autistic friend?
>>331638554
>Lowest crime rate
With what's happening in Germany, I'm pretty sure that recognition wouldn't last long
>>331638554
This is like saying that the humans in Matrix are the best generation since they are completely safe from everything and live extremely long - as batteries.
>>331636941
There needs to be entry-level stuff in any media.
>>331638479
yes but if a kid had to choose one, he'd pick MC every single time
You can feel the lego bricks, which is nice, and build some stuff with them but that's only a 0,1% of what you can do in MC. And that's without even taking multiplayer into account.
Also Lego are expensive. MC is like 10 euros for infinite blocks
>>331638315
There's a very large gap between not having any emotions whatsoever, and being controlled by your emotions so extremely that you wish to never experience anything that could have a negative effect on your feelings.
Don't bother fixing the children until you can fix the adults.
Otherwise, where do you expect the children to pick it up from?
>>331636941
Your parents were saying the same thing about you, and their parents about them and their parents about them repeat forever
>>331638595
Yeah they sure didnt make these exact same blanket generalizations about our generation, no sir.
>>331638590
Nope entire families did that. Do you not know of gated communities? Or country clubs? Or even more back and extreme segregation of all facilities? Been going on forever.
>>331637235
I wonder how the human neck is like in the next several decades or centuries of evolution. It can't be healthy bending your neck down like that constantly over several years.
>>331638350
You should not worry so much anon, that is very unlikely to happen
>>331638554
>Most intelligent generation thus far
I'd argue the rest but this is just hilarious of you to say.
this is perhaps the dumbest generation yet. they couldn't wipe their ass without the dependency of an app.
>>331638562
>I grew up with a big box of random fucking lego pieces
same.
just tried to make those really simple cars. legos were not fancy when I grew up with them. it was way more difficult to build anything.
I was more a playdough kid though.
>>331638690
Yeah but senpai it wasnt mainstream or govenment forced policy which is my entire fucking point
>>331638371
>more violent
How so? The world is significantly less violent than it once was
>>331638710
This lol
I had a job for 7 years now because people can't google things on their own
People are so stupid they cannot do anything even with the knowledge of all of humanity in their pockets.
>>331638710
Your parents said the same about you when the calculator was invented.
>>331638554
Highest debt
Poorest relative to our parents and grandparents
Worst lifetime economic prospects
Etcetcetc
It's not all roses
>>331638710
He's right, though.
>>331638774
All of those examples were mainstream and also included government forced policies. Learn to read idiot.
The internet is a trap to be honest
Mesmerized by endless entertainment, some people just give up everything for it.
But it also is a great source of knowledge.
Just teach you kids to use internet properly.
I wouldn't give a shit if he'd spend afternoons looking at a screen,chance are he may be learning things, developing critical thinking or just having fun.
Still would take him fishing and stuff.
>>331638669
Well then it seems we're just fucked, old chap.
>>331638686
No anon. Nobody did. Now fuck off you underage fag
>>331638413
When you're promoting fear-mongering, damaging (wrong) opinions then yes it is important to make that distinction
Irony given form ITT
>>331638758
Yeah, cars and houses were pretty much what I could build beyond guns, still metric fucktons of hours spent playing or just roleplaying shit with the lego dudes
I wish I had playdough but it was expensive as fuck here and we only had plasticine which was kind of a pain to keep clean
Nononono
What you need is balance. I would be a complete fucking idiot without the internet. Ive learned so much and been introduced to so many different ideas and ways of thinking, but at the same time it has impacted me very negatively. What you need is balance.
>>331638669
>where do you expect the children to pick it up from?
Internet.
That's how your create real life memes.
>>331638394
Watching sport is boring as fuck. Playing pretty much anything except fuckingniggerballis great.
>>331638465
it's ok, honestly.
I'm too shut in to care all that much about whatever goes on outside. Walk to post office or market and back. Thank god for freelance work.
Hometown's backyard always will be comfy and nostalgic, that's for sure.
>>331637276
Yes, but they were right. Most of us are hopeless NEETS who rely on state handouts and have a really hard time getting our shit together. People used to move out at 18 - now they're moving out at 26. The next generation might well be comprised of agoraphobics and nervous wrecks who spend all their time in front of their screen.
>>331638841
You're fucking delusional bro.
>>331638826
True, which is why I find it sad most people just get a phone/tablet, which are really all-consumption devices where you cant do shit.
If I ever kid he will hate me but he'll be using buttfuck shitty desktop computers.
>>331638710
What is the Flynn Effect?
>>331638889
The Internet is run by adults. Whatever noxious shit they pass on is on them.
>>331638797
and they were right.
lots of people just became dependent.
>this whole thread
I didn't knew that back in the 80-90s we had laptops everywhere, streamers and smartphone for every 7 year old
>>331638803
>He's right, though.
yet you post things that could be remedied if people weren't morons.
>>331638907
>>331638907
This looks like a russian/slav city.
Am I wrong? And if not, why the fuck do they look so goddamn grimey.
Like nobody understood what a fucking power wash or street cleaning was. Goddamn.
>>331638972
Yeah, but you had TV, which was always just as, if not more, retarded and on to watch 24/7.
>>331638803
All these problems were caused by the generations that came before it
Fucking boomers man, absolute scum of the earth
>>331638909
Yeah but we're like this because our parents did shitty jobs and our kids will be like this because we will do/are doing shit jobs
The cycle must be broken
>>331638871
>plasticine
that would have been cool to have. never tried it.
>>331638907
Honestly as far as surroundings go I had the luck that my parents moved to a freshly built neighbourhood, which meant that just like them - a ton of other starting families have moved there at the same time, so close a close knit community formed with them and just under my window there was always a ton of kids like me playing.
Now the same place is dead, the playground toys are all removed so "kids" dont smoke and drink there and there are no children whatsoever, since its people randomly moving in and away.
>>331639009
Meh, before that you had the flappers and the Jazz age, culminating in the Great Depression.
And before that, life was just absolute dogshit for almost everyone.
Don't know why people romanticize the past. Things were quite bad, even if you were rich.
Maybe if you were a hunter gatherer Injun things were good.
>>331639048
Not that cool, makes your hands oily as fuck touch anything else (like the wall) while playing with that shit and my mom would come down on me like thunder.
>>331638862
>generation grows up glued to screens
>may have negative concequences
Fear mongering.
Also most people are intelligent enough to when someone is making a generalisation and that im not literally saying 100% of millions of people have the exact same childhood.
>implying I want to be social
>implying I'm not going to kill myself
>>331639006
TV really was retarded pre internet days. Jesus it was just awful. I actually used to spend time watching the preview channel scroll through listings for an hour and knew others that did too.
>>331639028
>The cycle must be broken
Don't have kids basically.
>>331638884
>What you need is balance
true.
this is why parents need to be allowed to be parents and raise their children without gubment or schools to get in the way of learning.
there are so many obstacles for kids these days. how the fuck is a kid going to get in trouble for making a gun shape out of a poptart?
adults are the fucking problem. our parents and grandparents were right. people in their 20's and 30's are mostly morons. especially if they live in san fransisco.
>>331639112
I'm on your side nigger, was just pointing out that a lot of things this generation gets blamed for (unemployment, debt etc) is due entirely to the way the boomers handled the planet
Why does everyone blame the kids and not the parents who buy them all these fucking tablets and phones and computers and dont take advantage of the million and one tools they give parents to restrict their access?
>>331639167
>back-pedalling this hard
>>331639261
Because the parents are already lost causes.
Looking at /v/, yeah.
However my 8 years younger brother has decent taste.
>>331638949
>Flynn Effect
thankfully google is a great tool to find out things I've never heard about.
something about IQ? I can't be bothered to read it.
>>331639293
Haha holy shit, said the dude on /v/
>>331639261
Why parent your children when you can just give them an ipad and shut them up?
Reading this thread reminds me a lot of that movie Idiocracy. Frankly, it used to bother me that shit was going down and getting worse but it doesn't matter anymore. If humanity is destroyed, so what? All things must end eventually. All species must eventually go extinct and humans are no exception. What's the difference between going out sooner rather than later? None.
This fear for future generations is simply an extension of the fear of death itself. When you understand death is an unavoidable eventuality, it is less (although still) scary.
>>331639126
oh, lol, then I'm glad I didn't have that as a kid.
>>331639004
>This looks like a russian/slav city.
cause it is
>so goddamn grimey.
soviet buildings are not all that aesthetically pleasing. And they are majority of buildings in most small towns out there. In big ones it's a bit more varied depending on district.
>>331639064
I remember constant arguments about freaking bench near apartment building before plastic windows become a thing. Teenagers loved to talk trash and drink beer till late night there disturbing people's sleep, and if someone takes bench away elsewhere, they moved it back to old place with sound of iron against asphalt.
>>331639006
Right. Now I know this is shitposting
>>331639186
everyone did this. but that was way later when cable was getting more channels that had shit on.
before that network tv had everything and maybe it had to be good since there were only 5 channels.
>>331639332
Maybe you should if you're gonna argue bullshit
>>331639396
>I remember constant arguments about freaking bench near apartment building before plastic windows become a thing. Teenagers loved to talk trash and drink beer till late night there disturbing people's sleep, and if someone takes bench away elsewhere, they moved it back to old place with sound of iron against asphalt.
Ohh yeah, exactly the same issues when I was around 14-15, the bench was built into the ground though so no moving
We ended up pouring oil on the fucking thing and in the end, broke the fucking thing so they would fuck off
Honestly I spent plenty of time drinking on playgrounds but atleast we always chose the benches NOT directly under people's windows.
>>331638249
>feed them correctly with good quality food, bring them up and instil them with discipline, ethics and morals, then don't bother
This isn't some impossible task, it's the basics of being a good parent.
>>331639470
>didn't get the irony
and you just proved my point. people are dumb as shit now.
the effect is flawed as IQ score does not denote intelligence as it claims. it just tests your knowledge of facts.
I know a guy that scored very well on his I.Q. test and he's as dumb as a rock. no common sense at all.
>>331639396
>soviet buildings are not all that aesthetically pleasing.
It varies. Older ones are fucking god-tier architecture and are really similar to new york architecture.
Newer "panel" ones are fucking dogshit and whatever came after that, all those brick monstrocities are basically just living boxes.
Only now we get some neat looking houses, after 40 years of shit.
>>331639607
>IQ
>knowledge of facts
What? Isn't it logic and pattern recognition?
>>331636941
I really just hate the fact that anytime I see a kid at a restaurant or in public or whatever, they're glued to the fucking tablets with P2W and F2P crap.
I honestly wouldn't give a shit if they weren't playing literally bottom of the barrel, uninspired, dime-a-dozen garbage.
I don't think I was all that better as a kid since I was inside a lot, but at least I still did stuff outside of TV like camping or going to parties and shit, or just taking a drive around the neighborhood.
>>331639607
>doesn't know what an IQ test is
Oh I am laffin'
>>331639598
Thank you dude
Why did everybody forget this?
>>331639662
thats part of it.
>>331637227
same thing the dinosaurs said about their kids
>>331639261
Men and women unfit to be parents having children and producing trash worse than the sum of them both is the reason we're having these conversations today.
>>331639524
also half of "fun" was to walk into apartment building when it's winter or something and find those same teenagers just standing there doing same shit and you need to walk pass thru them to get home
>>331639607
>dat anecdotal argument
Go sit in the corner buddy
I did the whole outside thing up until I was 12, shooting BB guns at passing cars with friends, finding things to catch on fire, trying to figure out how to blow shit up, riding bikes around the neighborhood, having water fights, playing tag and hide and seek, etc. But I logged into Runescape one day in 2004 about a month after my dad bought me a computer to type papers for school and I have lived a sedentary lifestyle without any friends ever since. I enjoy my life this way but I do think kids should at least do the other stuff first.
My main complaint is my hatred of cellphones, I'll spend 18 hours a day on the internet but I cannot stomach using a cellphone, much less watching someone else use one so on the occasion I'm away from the house I stay totally unconnected from anything.
>>331639762
Well, i can't argue that one bro.
We need an age limit on the internet, barring anyone who isn't 18 from going on it.
I know it would be harsh at first, but it would really make children prepared for the real world, and would have less kids be stupid dumbasses.
Then make it so that, if a parent just logs on for the kid, they lose their internet privilege too.
>>331636941
Seems like the world is becoming like Fahrenheit 451.
>>331636941
not like anyone here can have kids anyway
>>331638394
this tbqh
in discussions of esports vs sports normies always bring up how physical sports have simpler rules and how it means they're better
>>331639721
I'm dumb right?
Guess that disproves your IQ theory.
I can talk out of my ass and no one would know.
>>331639762
...and the reason people have been having this conversation since the dawn of time
>>331637174
I stayed inside playing with lego and using my imagination when I was younger.
>>331639654
>Newer "panel" ones are fucking dogshit and whatever came after that, all those brick monstrocities are basically just living boxes.
yeah, I meant that ones. Other ones you mentioned are pretty rare and usually used for other stuff, like high education buildings, train/river stations, etc.
>>331636941
This is the reason "lets plays" have lifted off as fast as they have.
Back then I had a group of 12 or so friends that rotated whose house we slept over at, we played timesplitters, doom, CTR, tekken, goldeneye/perfect dark, whatever else we had
These days kids stay indoors and would prefer a tablet to a console. The only real friends these kids have is lets players.
>>331639815
Seems like you're a worrying old codger and that this generation is exposed to more literacy than any other.
But... But... Mah books I luvs them
>>331639607
Oh, that is embarrassing.
the moral of the thread is, if you have kids, don't raise them up to be little pussies and teach them how they should act, pre 1995.
>>331637647
>have nephew going on 11
>he's an annoying little douchebag
>obsesses over Minecraft and Call of Duty
>practically beat his grandmother with a whiffle bat because she didn't get him the right version of some stupid pokemon game
>is an ungrateful little prick
Where did I go so wrong?
Splitscreen multiplayer needs to make a comeback
I feel fucking awful that kids cannot experience the magic of having 3 other people over and bantering all night over some great vidya
>>331639964
Embarrassing that someone doesn't know what irony is?
>>331639962
>and that this generation is exposed to more literacy than any other
Ahahaha. No. This generation can't even spell their fucking names right and is functionally ignorant.
>>331640060
Every generation is you fucking sperg because thats just how normies are
>>331640042
fucking thank you!
ITT: BACK IN MY DAY THINGS WAS BETTER
Fucking. Kill. Yourselves.
>>331639775
Oh yeah in the shittier parts in the 10 level+ buildings
I was in the smaller more comfy ones and all building gates were closed all the time exactly so those people dont lurk there
>>331637647
Yeah as his older sibling, you have to take it upon yourself to help him.
>>331640104
How
How in fucking 2016 do people still debate this dumb shit?
>>331639654
here is another example from city I'm currently in.
Such a beauty. But they are pretty rare, and I don't even want to think about price of apartment in there.
>>331637647
>My little brother is 7 y/o
different fathers?
why the disconnect between siblings?
>>331640060
You are foolish if you truly believe that
>>331640151
>How in fucking 2016
how is it being 2016 going to make any difference?
its 2016! how are we still doing things!
>>331640104
>t b h wasnt rly better
>you just forgot and got on your high horse
>humanity becomes complacent with the instant gratification of modern technology
>little-to-no desire to spread life into the cosmos
>technology becomes cheaper and easier to produce over time, including WMDs
I predict someone or something is going to kill the race in the next 200 years, but at least we were all born late enough in humanity's lifespan to experience the cultural peak. I'm sure we're neither the first form of life nor the last to completely squander the miracle of its existence.
>>331638483
k that's a fucking lie. The internet is too easy? Making friends when you're younger is always easy, it has nothing to do with the internet, and has everything to do with how quick you are to accept people you've spent even a short period of time with.
Meanwhile now that we're old, and especially in this current antisocial generation, people are much less likely to keep talking to someone, there's no sharing of content anymore since its all out in the open on information aggregation sites like imgur, reddit, 9gag, 4chan etc.
There is nowhere to make friends online anymore, chatrooms are dead and replaced by text answering machines like facebook and twitter, the only thing keeping the dream alive are MMOs.
>>331637307
Even when there were Gameboys and shit, kids would still play utter garbage on them
For fuck's sake, I played a Beauty and the Beast Mario Party clone and I'm damn sure there's a game like it already on mobile devices
>>331640151
This bloke needs a good dose of suicide
>>331639382
>Reading this thread reminds me a lot of that movie Idiocracy
Except it's going the other way.
Internet provide true freedom, allows access to immense knowledge and different point of view, developing one opinion.
We'd go the idiocracy way if our only source of knowledge was a Gawker-like source or something like that.
Internet grants individuals the possibility to improve themselves.
>>331636941
Symptom not a cause there is nothing for children or adolescents to do anymore the economy has forced places that were beneficial for kids and community cohesion that weren't monetary profitable to shut down. Banning under 18s or whatever the age where your at from public houses was also a mistake because they drink antisocially and irresponsibly on the streets if they were allowed to drink from the age of 14 in public houses they would be forced to drink responsibly and learn how to carry themselves in society from the interaction and supervision of the adults.
>>331640060
you're and your.
they seriously mix these up on fucking purpose and think they are correct in their misuse.
can't even blame it on spellcheck anymore or mistypes from texting.
>>331640248
>spread life into the cosmos
What purpose does this serve really?
>>331640117
we had metal door with lock, didn't help at all with not getting random people. Someone drunk at night could bash it so loudly, it was counter productive to have.
also living at 1st/2nd floor of that building was pretty terrible, hobos asking for food/money, etc.
>>331640293
Just because its available doesnt mean it is accessed.
The new generations will eat gawkers shit and grow up realizing the rest is there.
Back to my point above - I only have a job because people are too stupid to type their question/problem into google.
>>331640293
>Internet provide true freedom,
>>331636941
I am more concerned that they are playing shit freemium games on shit platforms
>>331640330
Keeping the species in existence, for one.
>>331640321
Language evolves.
Deal.
Normies will be normies, what are you gonna do?
There are plenty of millenials that will use the internet for good
>>331640330
This. We're all marching towards the heat death of the universe. Can't fight entropy.
Kids who grew up using a PC naturally became at least somewhat tech savvy over time. This is absolutely not the case for kids who are growing up on android/ios.
And now you know why the poor are never just given access to the rich entertainment. Spergy things happen like this.
videos games are my life.
but when i was a kid i actively chose to go outside.
sports and junk with your friends is still much more fun.
once the novelty of women wears off, you go full circle though.
i would rather stay inside and play games than go attempt to date. dating is really really horrible with no pay-off.
i can't think of anything else with such a little pay off as dating.
volunteering at a soup kitchen is more rewarding.
>>331640406
>Language evolves.
thats not evolution, you mongrol. thats going back towards grunts and coo's.
>>331640248
Humanity has already expanded around the world despite still having some mysteries. Either expand in space or digitally, Which one 's cheaper?
>>331636941
I think it holds true that any generation see their own stuff as THE BEST, while all younger people's stuff is THE WORST and older people's stuff is irrelevant.
What we perceive as "anti-social" might be the new norm. I think the key thing to hope for our kids is that they are happy.
>>331640405
To what end? Just reproducing to stay alive forever?
>>331640474
Opinion
>>331640352
Yeah I lucked out, with the place being new we had none of those, a few streets over there were already some creepers junkies and such but nothing like that in my place.
Except maybe the crazy dude living on the 4th
I still wonder how I turned out so anti-social, when I was 3-10 I was surrounded by neighbourhood kids, I was friends/on good terms with 98% of my classmates up until uni and hanged out with them.
now I have 4 people I can call friend and not one more.
>>331640558
Well yes, that's our biological imperative.
>>331640553
Best post in this thread
>>331640553
>is that they are happy
they won't be too happy if they never physically interact with other humans.
>tfw checking the place you were born and raised in google maps decades later
it's a complicated feel
>>331640481
*That's
*mongrel
*that's (again)
*coos
>>331640368
>The new generations will eat gawkers shit and grow up realizing the rest is there.
For every hundred that will do so, a few will actually dig deeper in search of knowledge.
>>331640615
Nice work being a slave to your genes you cuck
